Butter-molding device



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BUTTER MOLDING DEVICE 7 Filed Feb. 16, 1954 Patented May 28, 1935 UNITEDSTATES PATENT OFFICEI Ollie C. Jackson, Bryn Mawr, Pa. ApplicationFebruary 16, 1934, Serial No. 711,595

11 Claims.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in devices formolding butter and more particularly to devices for making so calledbutter balls.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a device of thegeneral character set forth which may be used by housewivesand servantsin. the domestic kitchen.

Another object'of the invention is to provide a device of the statedcharacter having novel means associated therewith for scoring or liningthe spherical surface of the butter balls as well as freeing the butterfrom the walls of the mold.

Certain other features of the invention and the details of constructionthereof are set forth hereinafter and shown in the accompanying drawing,in which:

Fig. l is a view in plan showing the invention in the closed or moldingposition.

Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1 showing the device in open position;and

Fig. 3 is an enlarged view in perspective of the scoring or liningelement mounted in one of the mold sections.

I-Ieretofore butter balls have for the most part been formed by means ofa pair of wooden paddles, the butter being disposed therebetween andmade round by a relative rotation of the paddles with respect to eachother. The faces of the paddles which contact the butter are usuallyscored so that the surface of the finished butter ball will be lined.This method of making butter balls takes considerable time and areasonable amount of care and diligence in the making.

By the present invention a device is provided whereby butter balls maybe made in a relatively short period of time with little labor on thepart of the operator.

Referring now particularly to the drawing, reference numerals I, Idesignate semi-spherical sections arranged so that when in a closedposition they will cooperate to form a spherical mold for the butter.One end of an arm 2 is rigidly secured to the exterior of each of themold sections I, I as at 3. The arms 2 curve downwardly in the directionof each other to a'point below the sections I, I and are connectedtogether by means of a pivot 4, the arms then extending downwardly fromsaid pivot 4 as shown in the drawing and having their extremitiespivotally connected as at 6 to the upper ends of a pair of arcuatelyopposed handles I also connected together by means of a pivot 8 adjacenttheir mid points. A spring 9 is coiled about the pivot 8 connecting thehandles I and has its ends extending downwardly againstthe inner sideofeach of thehandles "I as indicated at III in Fig. 1 of the drawing forthe purpose of exerting an expanding or outward force on said handlestending to maintain the mold in an open relation as shown in Fig. 2. p

In the present instance an arcuate element II having a handle or otheractuating means I2 is rotatably journaled in the walls of one of thesections I as at I3, I 3, and a number of teeth or projections I4 areformed on said member II and extend inwardly thereof toward the centerfor the purpose of engaging the butter in the mold when rotated by thehandle 12 and scoring or lining the surface of said butter as well asfreeing the butter from the walls of said mold.

The particular leverage arrangement of the arms 2 and handles I is animportant feature of the invention as it enables the operator of thedevice to dig into a mass of relatively cold hard butter and close thesections I, I tightly together about the butter without the exercise ofmore than ordinary pressure and strength.

In operation of the device a portion of butter sufficient to completelyfill the spherical mold is scooped froma general mass of said butter byone or the other of the sections I, I and the handles '1 are thenpressed together thus closing the sections, as shown in Fig. 1completely around the butter. The arcuate member I I is then rotatedWithin the mold by its handle E2 to free the butter from the wallsthereof and at the sametime cause the surface of the I butter to bescored or lined by means ofthe teeth or projections I4 thereon. Pressureon the handles I may then be released allowing the sections of the moldto separate and discharge the finished butter ball. 7

While a specific form of the invention has been set forth for thepurpose of description, it is not intended that the invention shall beprecisely limited thereto'within the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. In a device, a sectional mold, means rotatably mounted intern-ally ofsaid mold'for separating material from the walls thereof, and meansforming a part of said last mentioned means operable to score thesurface of said maface of said material during rotation of theseparating means.

3. In a mold, a pair of semi-spherical sections arranged for cooperationto form a spherical mold, an arcuate separator rotatably journaled inone of the mold sections, inwardly extending projections on theseparator arranged to score the surface of material in the mold, andmeans connected to each of said sections for closing the same. 7

4. In a mold, a pair of semi-spherical sections arranged for cooperationto form a spherical mold, an arcuate separator rotatably journaled inone of the mold sections, inwardly extending projections on theseparator arranged to score the surface of material in the mold meansconnected to each of said sections for closing the same, and resilientmeans associated with said last mentioned means tending to maintain thesections separated. a

5. In a mold, a pair of semi-spherical sections arranged for cooperationto form a spherical mold, an arm connected at one end to each of saidsections, said arms being pivotally connected together adjacent theother ends thereof, a pair of arcuately opposed handles connectedtogether, adjacent their mid-points by means of a pivot and having theirupper ends pivotally connected respectively to the other ends of thearms, a spring embracing the pivot connecting the handles tending toseparate the same, an arcuate separator rotatably journaled in one ofthe mold sections, and inwardly extending projections on the separatorarranged to score the surface of material in the mold.

6. In a mold, a pair of semi-spherical sections arranged for cooperationto form a spherical mold, an arm connected at one end to each of saidsections, said arms being pivotally connected together, a pair ofarcuately opposed handles connected together by means of a pivot andhaving their upper ends pivotally connected respectively to the otherends of the arms, an arcuate separator rotatably journaled in one of themold sections, and inwardly extending projections on the separatorarranged to score the surface of material in the mold.

7. The combination with a mold, of means rotatable Within said moldoperable to separate material from the walls of the mold andsimultaneously score the surface of said material.

8. The combination with a mold, of means ro- 1 tatable within said moldfor separating material contained therein from the walls of the mold,and means forming a part of the first mentioned means to score thesurface of said material during rotation of said separating means.

9. In a device, the combination with a mold, of means operable toseparate material containd in said mold from the Walls thereof andsimultaneouslyscore the surface of said material.'

lOQThe combination with a mold, of means rotatably operable to separatematerial contained in said mold from the walls thereof andsimultaneously score the surface of said material.

11. A device for making butter balls including a sectional mold andmeans rotatable within said mold operable to score the surface ofmaterial contained therein.

OLLIE C. JACKSON.

